Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant H. W. Parsons, Royal Engineers, late Somerset Light Infantry

British War and Victory Medals (5744 A. C. Sjt. H. W. Parsons. Som. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1301 Cpl. H. Parsons. Som. L.I.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (WR-199133 Sjt. -A.C.Q.M. Sjt.- H. Parsons. R.E.) good very fine (4) £240-£280

Howard Westmore Parsons, a butcher from Highbridge, Somerset, was born in Patchway, Gloucestershire, in 1895 and attested into the 5th (Territorial) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry in May 1911. Advanced Corporal, he served during the Great War in India and Mesopotamia with the 1/4th Battalion, before transferring into the Royal Engineers in India.

Sold with copied service papers and Medal Index Card.